tomb

My first friday in years. And I made it by reading blogs and forums. Feels good not to have a hangover. Now I have to do another day

mecanix

Hey tomb,
congratulations on getting through .

I know the internet was really useful for me in the first few weeks , immersed myself in reading about other people experiences of working at recovery .

Bestwishes, M

Ghostlight

Good job! Now take it one day at a time. Proud of you.

Kevah

Wonderful job! This is such an amazing resource, I am glad you were able to use the forums to help you through! Here's to another day!

Drugssucks

Congrats tomb!!

Camperboy

mecanix, I am doing the same thing by reading but I will have to admit that there is so much varying information on the subject of withdrawl that at times it can be sooooo uplifting while other times it can crash your emotions to the ground...........what did people do before the internet and they simply wanted to quit drinking on their own?
Back in the 70's you just quit, you didn`t hear of people dying and needing er and all kinds of meds to get off the sauce.
One simply quit cold turkey and beared the results of the withdrawl symptoms and from what I remember most were over it in no more than a month but now you hear one guy say he was fine after a week and another guy still shaking with booze withdraws after a year...LOL
I guess I am just saying that this board is a great resource because we are all "like minded" in our plights but there is so much BS out there on the subject.......thats just my own feelings though

ru12

Hang in there buddy. The first few weeks are hard, but things get so much better!

ladyv

Congrats Tomb! I felt the same way last night....what a great feeling waking up SOBER

veryready

Congrats Tomb. That is awesome. Keep it up. I was thinking today (day 43), when you're used to doing everything drunk it is hard to do anything sober. I agree with ru12. The first couple of weeks are serious work, but then it gets better every day.

escapist

I remember my first Friday. I was here. This place is great! Hang in there. You can do it!

Camperboy

see, I love reading replies like yours and ru12's..........they give hope that uplifts a persons spirits in a realistic manner unlike some of the general stuff you read all over the internet where you will feel like pure hell for the first year and how you will live in a fog for two............thanks for the realistic posts

veryready

Thanks. In my opinion, there are some people who can't let go of the drama of quitting and can't accept that it is getting better. That is the minority, but don't let it get you down. If you feel better, you feel better.

Dave42001

Nice work Tomb!! I had a sober Friday night too!! Feel great today! Instead of a big Jack own the rocks I was drinking hot chocolate and 7 ginger ales!! Got lost in a couple good movies!! Hot chocolate sounds foo foo but it was 6 degrees here last night! Ate a ton and slept great.. I never dreamed much when I was inebriated but I'm really enjoying dreaming again.. Dreaming is my new vice.. Have a great weekend!!